People, Apr. 9, 1973

When FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died last year, he left most of his
estate of $551,500 to his longtime buddy Clyde A. Tolson, 72, who was
with the FBI from 1928 till the day after Hoover died. Washington rumor
had it that Tolson intended to turn Hoover's $100,000 Georgetown
house into a private museum. If so, it will be an empty one, because
Tolson has been quietly selling Hoover's art objects and other
belongings at auction. In one consignment were four pairs of
binoculars. For work or for Hoover's long days at the...